PRODUCT DELAYS

RHJunior · Post by **RHJunior** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:35 pm

For those of you who have ordered the new book through Lulu.com, I'm afraid there will be a few product delays. Apparently the printer computers at Lulu took a look at the PDF file I uploaded, saw that instead of version <indecipherable alphanumeric gibberish> that it was <indecipherable alphanumeric gibberish-1), and promptly crapped their digital pants.

What this means is that all the software I've been using to create and edit my PDF files is <I><B>WORTHLESS CRAP,</I></b> and I will now have to wait while a software company ships me a secondhand copy of Adobe Acrobat 6, and then recreate the entire file from scratch, then upload it YET AGAIN to lulu.com so that your orders can be filled. It may be 2-3 weeks more, therefore, before your orders can be printed and shipped.

Again I do apologize for this inexcusable delay (takes a few minutes to stab his Adobe CEO voodoo doll through the heart 5 or 6 times with a knitting needle), but I do assure you your orders WILL be eventually printed and delivered.

Labrusca · Post by **Labrusca** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:50 pm

We know you're good for it, Ralph. Only way I'd mind is if straightening out the mess kept you from turning out NEW strips.

UncleMonty · Post by **UncleMonty** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:02 pm

Just a thought, since I have no idea which version of PDF's it generates, but Sun Microsystems has a free-downloadable office software package called OpenOffice, that'll export files as PDF's.

I used their "Impress" application to put an online comic into PDF format a few weeks ago as a favor to the author, and it opens for viewing in all of the various versions of Acrobat I've tried. The result was more than 25 Mb in size, but then it was a 300+ page comic.
My best guess is that this is an older version of PDF, just because I can't see Adobe releasing the spec's on their latest.